De la Riva Guard Simplified - Jiu-Jitsu Guard Work

De la Riva is one of the most popular guards (along with variations of it) for competition in gi, no gi and even to a lesser degree in MMA. Understanding not only how to set up sweeps and submissions from this guard, but just how to energetically play this guard in general, can mean the difference between having a lot of success with it as a valuable tool, or failing miserably every time you try to access it. In this video, I discuss some extremely useful attacks with DLR, as well as ways to set it up and control it well. Hope you enjoy.
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[@TransientMobile]

Fantastic as per usual. Thank you! You're one of my go-to's and never disappoint. Always upping my game from your instruction.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

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[@cm7522]

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[@bmstylee]

I've started playing with De La Riva. That triangle setup is sneaky.

[@amiralkook1]

Thank you. I think the problem with De La riva is the exposition to the knee bar or toeholds.

[@badxradxandy]

Don't be lazy with your off balancing

[@thesethreekings]

This has easily become one of my favourite go-to BJJ resources. I thank you!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thanks! I appreciate that!

[@jacob-rc3ji]

This is a really great tutorial. It’s so helpful to think of your game as a series of binary decisions like this. Push and pull, forward and backward, etc

[@justinlam8305]

Love how you explain your techniques

[@drjimjam1112]

Damn fine job, thank you. This seems like everything I was looking for in an inverted attack.

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Awesome! I hope it helps!

[@micaylapresley]

Such excellent instruction! I had a hard time with deep dlr and I'm going to work this to fix that bug. Thanks!

[@jasonb8665]

Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge brother. Those are excellent

[@bryanrd9936]

Another great video! thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@fabiotreze]

Great content, I appreciate your work and I am able to learn Jiu-Jitsu techniques and english and the same time. Oss from Brazil!!!

[@dresnio1363]

New sub here! Appreciate your vids they are very helpful :)

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Thank you so much!

[@boomboomcheney]

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[@liitswqvsl9879]

To do the triangle setup in no gi would I just use a collar tie as opposed to the collar grip on the gi? Also what is the no gi equivalent on the belt grip in the back take that was shown?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Short answer is that de la Riva is just played a lot differently without the gi. I think trying to substitute grips is tougher than modifying the way the position is played. I deeper bite on the ankle and doubling up grips on the leg, rather than trying to use the wrist or waist grips, is a more preferable way to go. I’ll try to make a video about this.

[@nomealow]

3:56 what if he turns and sits on your knee and grab your heel to do a sitting kneebar?

[@AlexWehpunkt]

I often face the problem (as I changed clubs into one with a NoGi, Leglock heavy Curriculum - but we're still talking the GI-classes) that they backstep, grab my heel and go for a knee bar as soon as I put a foot into the DLR-Hook-Position. Even with the collar Grip it's hard to prevent, because they don't really pull away rather than "turn around" my grip. Hope that makes sense? WOuld you happen to have a solution for that problem? And as always, thank you for the amazing Videos!

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

It’s definitely a common and valid threat. Two main things that help prevent this are the off-balance, especially when couple with a dominant sleeve grip, and the matrix entry. The matrix, or baby bolo setup, helps to insure you have a wedge (your foot) to prevent the leg entanglement needed for a successful knee bar.

[@AlexWehpunkt]

@@KnightJiuJitsu looking into that, thank you for your answer! Also, really liked the "like a boat" - metaphor, really helped me into the right mindset of the position.

[@adilbekramadan2038]

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[@gailvalleymartialarts]

I have only always heard of de la riva guard as a sports-only technique, so I was surprised to see it in a Knight Jiu Jitsu & Fit to Fight video. Would you say it can be relevant for a self-defense situation as well, or not really?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I’d say the application for it in a self defense situation would be extremely limited if at all. Anything can weirdly happen in a fight, but I don’t think it has good application for self defense.

[@gailvalleymartialarts]

@@KnightJiuJitsu Thanks for the super fast reply :)

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

Absolutely. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@justinjex1]

Anytime a BJJ has a statement simplified, I click on it and save it before even watching it…… Is that wrong?

[@KnightJiuJitsu]

I think it’s a good idea, personally.